Pediatric Drowning & Submersion Injuries

Pediatric drowning and submersion events remain a leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in children. Let's review the important aspects of pediatric submersion injury management.

Pediatric drowning and submersion events remain a leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in children. Let's review the important aspects of pediatric submersion injury management.

Working in the Emergency Department places us in a unique position to allow our words to have a significant impact with our patients and their families. While this time of year brings submersion injuries to the front of our minds…
We are all keenly aware that accidental injuries are the most significant cause of childhood mortality. It is this fact that keeps us all busy in our clinical settings… and is also what frightens us parents of children the…